Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.

The objective of this science fair project is to investigate salt water density.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Your preschooler can learn how to siphon water with just two bottles and a plastic tube in this fun, educational science activity.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!